Photographic camera



Sept 29, 1942 E. GABLER ETAL PHOTOGHAPHIC CAMERA Filed Sept.v 27, 1939 Patented Septi 29, 1942 PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERA Ernst Gabler and Ernst Rall, Stuttgart, Germany; vested in the Alien Property Custodian Application September 27, 1939, Serial No. 296,796 In Germany February 17, 1939 5 Claims.

The invention relates to improvements in photographic cameras and particularly is directed to ancvel arrangement and adjustmentv of an eye level view nder on a rolliilm camera provided with a mirror reex finder.

It is an object of the invention to combine an eye level view finder with the collapsible hood vci the mirror reflex finder and to operatively con nect the eye level view nder with the focusing means of the camera objective for adjusting the eye level view iinder whenever thecamera objective isadjusted for compensating any errors due to parallax.

Another object of the invention is to adjust the camera objective in axial direction by means of a pivoted lever actuated by a' manually rotated eccentric and operatively connect the pivoted lever with a link mechanism which is adapted to adjust the eye level view finder in accordance with the adjustment of the camera objective.

- Still another object of the invention is to provide an adjustable link mechanism between the camera objective adjusting lever and the adjustable eye level view finder for correcting any inacicuracies in the parallax compensation.

Another object of the invention resides in a particular construction of theA eccentric which actuates the pivoted lever forming apart of the camera objective adjusting means and employed for actuating the eye level view finder'adjusting4 The eccentric which is rotated by a means. manually operable knob about the axis of the latter is slidably embraced by an eccentric strap which is maintained in yielding engagementwith the circumference of the eccentric, thus eliminating any back-lash or play. The eccentric strap er are adjusted to an object very close to the camera, and

Figure 3 is a partial sectional view of the camera substantially along the line III- III of Figure 1.

In the drawing is illustrated a rolllm camera of the type in which a camera objective I and a mirror reflex iinder objective 2 are mounted n with their axes parallel and vertically spaced on a common objective board 3 provided with rearwad extensions 4 slidably mounted in suitable guideways 5 on the side walls 6 of the camera casing I0. A collapsible hood comprising a front wall l, a rear wall 8 and two side walls 9 is mounted on the top of the camera casing Ill and in its erected position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, permits an observation of the reflex finder image appearing on a translucent screen (not shown) which is mounted horizontally in the upper portion of the camera casing I0, preferably in the top wal-l thereof.

One of the side walls 6 of the camera casing IU has rotatably mounted thereon an operating .knob I2 for adjusting the objectives l and 2 by moving the objective board 3 to and from the cured thereto" an eccentric I6 which Ais' slidably 1 surrounded by an eccentric strap Il, the free ends f of which are'a'djustably connected with each other by a screw I8 and spring I9. The connection I8, I9 insures a sliding fit of the strap II around the eccentric I6,` and eliminates any clearance or .v play. Opposite the free ends of the strap Il the l,latter is provided with an extension 20 which at has a radial projection which is pivotally conj nested with the aforesaid pivoted lever of the camera objective adjusting means.

Other objects of the invention lwill b e apparent or will be speciiically pointed out in the description forming a part oi thisspecication, but the` connection between the camera objective adjusting means and the eye level view finder, the latshown in section and the camera oblectivo being adjusted to infinity;

Figure 2 is a similar view as Figure 1, except the camera objective and eye level view iind- 22 is pivctally connected with an arm of a lever "2l rotatably connected -between its ends at 23 to the side Wall 6 of the camera casing. The lower end of this arm of the lever 2| is slotted to embrace a pin 24 attached to the rearward lextension 4 of the objective board or carrier 3. Upon rotation of the knob i2, which is provided with a distance scale (not shown), the eccentric I6 becomes effective tc swing the lever 2| about its vpivot 23, thus moving the objective board 3 to or away from the front of the camera. In this manner the camera objective I and therewith the reiiex finder objective 2 may be focused upon objects positioned at any desired distance from the camera.

The upper arm of the lever 2l is .provided with a pin 25 projecting into a slot 26 in the lower end of an'adjusting link 2l secured to a double armed lever 28, which is rotatably supported between its ends at 30 to the wall 6 of the camera casing.4 The link 2l is secured in the desired position on the lever 28 by a screw 3l passing through a transverse slot 32 in the link 2. The upperarm of the lever,v 28 is pivotally connected at 33 with the lower end of one of two braces 34,

ver actuated by said eccentric, said lever being rotatably supported between its ends and one of its ends being operatively connected with said slidable camera objective support, while the other end of said lever is operatively connected with a' second lever controlling the adjustment o the the upper ends of 4which are pivoted at 35 to the hinged Ifront wall 'l ofthe hood. The braces 34 are slotted'v throughout the major portion of their length, so as to permit a folding of the hinged front wall l upon the top wall of the camera.A

In the present embodiment the eye level view i'lnder comprises a negative lens member 3G cemented to a positive lens member 38 betweenV which is provided a semi-transparent silvered face 39. This nder lens 3B, 38, 3@ ismounted in an aperture of the hinged front wall 'i of the hood, and an ocular lens 80 is mounted in the center of the hinged rear wall 8 of the hood, asis clearly' illustrated in Fig. l, The eye level view finder is of well known construction and therefore it. suiiicesto say that the reflective property of its silvered surfacev is such that a mark arranged at a predetermined distance away from this surface is reproduced in iniinity by means of the refractive power of the associated lens faces.

.It will be apparent from the Figs. l and 2, that during a rotation of knob i2 not only the camera objective l and the objective 2 of the mirror reiiex finder are adjusted, but simultaneously therewith the lens 3d, 3B, 39 of the eye level view iinder by means of the described operative connection 25, 2l, 2d, 34. This connection is readily adjustable owing'to the incorporation of the adjusting link 2l, so that any inaccuracy in the parallax compensation may be corrected. It is merely necessary to loosen the screw 3l and shift the link El relatively to the lever 28 'the required direction and then tighten. the screw 3i again. In Fig.'2 the camera objective i is focused upon an object which is positioned very close to the camera. In such a case the objective board 3 will be in an extended position and the eye level view finder lens 3S, 38, 39 will assume a Vforwardly inclined position so as to indicate properly the picture field which will be photographed by the camera objective .i on the iilm.

What we claim is:

l. In a photographic camera, the combination of a camera casing, of a mirror reilex n nder provided with a collapsible hood and an-' eye level view finder, a camera objective, a support for said camera objective slidably supported on the side walls of said camera 'casing so as to be movable to and from the front wall of the same, manually l operable means on said camera casing for slidably adjusting said support to thereby focus said camera objective, said hood including a front wall and a rear wall, both of which are hingedly secured to the camera casing, said front and rear walls of the hood being each provided with means forming together said eye level view finder adapted to be used when said hood is in its operative erected position, and means operatively connecting said manually operable means with the front wall of said hood for 'swinging said front wall in its hinged mounting and thereby adjust said eye level view nder simultaneously with the camera objective, said manually operable means including an eccentric rotatably mounted about a fixed camera objective slidably supported on the side front wall of said hood.

2. A photographic camera as set forth in claim l, in which said eccentric is embracedslidably by a strap having an outwardly extending arm which is pivotally connected with said rst mentioned lever which is operatively connected with said objective support and said second lever.

3. A photographic camera as set forth in claim l, in which said eccentric is embraced slidably by a strap having an #outwardly extending arm which is pivotally connected with said rst mentioned lever which is operatively connected with said'objective support and said second lever, said strap being open at one point and the two ends thereof being adjustably and yieldably connected with each other by a screw and a spring.

' 4. In a photographic camera, the combination of a camera casing, of a mirror reiiex nderprovided with a collapsible hood and an eye level view iinder, a camera objective, a support for said walls of said cameral casing so as to be movable to and from the front wall of the same, manually operable means on said camera casing for slidably adjusting said support to thereby focus said camera objective, said hood including a front wall and a rear wall, both of which are hingedly secured'y to the camera casing, said front and rear walls of the hood being each provided with means forming together said eye level view linderadapted to be used when said hood is in its operative erected position, and means operatively connecting said manually operable means with the front Wall of said hood for swinging said front wall in its hinged mounting and thereby adjust said eye levelview finder simultaneously with the camera objective, said manually operable means including an eccentric rotatably mounted about a fixed axis on a side wall of the camera casing and a lever actuated by said eccentric, said lever being rotatably supported between its ends and one of its lends being operatively connected with said slidable camera objective support, while the other end of said lever is operatively connected with a second lever controlling the adjustment of the front wall of -said hood, 'and adjustable `means connected with said second 4lever for varying its relative position with respect to said first mentioned lever, whereby any inaccuracy in the ady justment of thel eye level view nder with respect l wall and a rear wall, both of which are hingedly axis on a side wall of the camera casing and a lesecured to the camera casing, said front and rear walls of the hood being each provided with means forming together said eye level view nder adapted to be used when said hood is in its operative erected position, and means operatively connecting said manually operable means with the front wall of said hood for swinging said front wall in its hing'ed mounting and thereby adjust said eye level viewiinder simultaneously with thecamera objective, said manually operable means including a manually rotatable knob rotatable about a fixed axis on a side wall o f the camera casing, an eccentric tlxedly attached to said knob, an eccentric strap slidably embracing said eccentric,f and alever pivotally-connected with said eccentric strap, said lever being rotatably supported between its ends and one of its ends being operatively connected with said slidable camera objective support, while the other end of said lever is operatively connected with a second lever controlling the adjustment of the front wall of said hood. ERNST GABLER. 

